Paper holder and filler.



' No. 861,007. PATENTED J LY 23, 1907.

' W. W. WILHBLM.

PAPER HOLDER AND FILLER. I urmmnbn FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

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W ITNESSES:

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To all whom it may concern:-

which the following is a specification.

construction and efiicient operation, and which may 7 be supported inoperative position .upon the counters surface. 1

\ hing edly connected a plurality of wings or leaves 9, 9 that cooperateto formian inverted'conical receptacle;

, .UNITED STATES WILLIA'M W. WILHELM, or CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA,AssIGNoR 0F ONE-HALF PATENT OFFICE.

I E. T. JAMES, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

PAPER nonnnn AND FILLER. I

No. s61,0o7.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907. p 1

Application filed January 31,1907. serial N0- 355,071.

Be it known that I, WIIiLIAM'W. WILHELM, acitizen of the United States,residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mechlenburg and State ofJNorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Paper Holder and Filler, of

This invention relates to paper bag holders and fillers; the object ofthe invention being to facilitate the filling of paper sacks. '1

A further object of the invention is to provide a sack supporting andfilling device, which shall be simple in of stores where itwill affordconvenient means for, supporting paper sacks while material is beingplaced therein.

With these and other ends in view, which'will readily appear'as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved eons'truction and novel arrangement and combination of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims. In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated asimple and preferred form of the invention; it being, however,understood thatno limitation is necessarily made to the precisestructural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations andmodifications Within inventionmay be made, when desired. I o

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed inaccordance with the principles of the invention, said device being shownin receiving Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicatedthroughoutby similar characters of reference.

The improved device, its several forms, includes a funnel or hopper l,which is supported at a suitable elee justably, as by means of bolts 4operating through the slots 5 and provided with thumb nuts 6 whereby thelegs 2 and the extension members 3 may be clamped together. Theeictension members 3 have been shownas provided with feet 7 iaperturedfor the reception of fastening means, such as screws 8 whereby they maybe secured in position upon a table or counter, or other suitable Thefunnel or hopper 1 consists of a beveled ring of suitable dimensions tothe lower edge of which there are witnesses.

spring means are provided whereby the lower endsor free extremities ofthe wings or leaves 9, 9 will bef o1 ced-- I in the direction of eachother; these spring means may consist of-flat leaf springs, shown at 1O,10 in Figs; land 2, said springs being secured upon the outer side ofthe tunnel or hopper 1 with their free ends bearing exteriorly againstthe wings or leads 9; or, as shown in Fig; 4, a single coiled spring maybe mounted upon the leaves 9, 9 in such a manner as to encircle all ofthe leaves, the free endsof which are thereby actuated in the properdirection. p r v The upper edges of the wings 9, 9 are provided withflaring extremities 12 which, when the lower ends of I the leaves areforced'outward against the tension of the springs, will limit themovement of said leaves by abutting exteriorly upon the funnel orhopper.

In the operation of this device, the mouth of the sack that is to befilled is adjusted upon the cone formed by the wings or leaves 9, 9, andthe bottom of the sack will be permitted to rest upon the table orcounter upon which the deviceis supported; the sack will thus be held inposition while the material with which it is to be filled is poured intothe funnel or hopper 1; theweight ble legs or supporting members, asingle device may be used for the purpose of'filling bags of varioussizes, and

.the range of utility of the device is accordingly increased.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1. Ina device ofthe class described, a hopper, wings hlngedly connected with the hopperand. having flaring seen, 'is simple in i for large and small bags; but,by the use of the extensiextremities adapted to bear against the hopperto limit the movement of the wings,'and spring wings toward each other.

2. In a device of.the class described, a hopper, means foradjustablysupporting the hopper at .various elevations,

a plurality of wings hingedly connected vwith'the hopper andcoiiperating to forms closure said wings being pr0 yided with flaringportions whereby their movement will be limited by contactwith the bodyof the hopper, and spring means for forcing the free ends of the wingstoward each other.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two WILLIAM W. WILHELM.

Witnesses:

.TAs. F. PIERCE, A. A. MORRIS.

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